Salt Lake City, Utah
Given all the talk lately with severe weather in the Southern US, hard to imagine that right now there's a blizzard going on in western North Dakota. Scattered mountain snow showers have also been falling over the Intermountain West. Will Salt Lake get in on the action or will spring bring some sunny skies to the area to finish the weekend?
At 953AM MDT, the temperature at Salt Lake City was 37 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. A mid-level system has been traversing the Intermountain West the last day or so, and is expected to kick up scattered snow showers over the region, even though a ridge of high pressure is building into the area in the lower levels of the atmosphere. In addition, today's high temps are expected to be a good 15-20 degrees lower than normal. Yikes. When your elevation is at 4400 feet, however, places are more susceptible to these upper-level dynamics. Luckily, this system is a fairly quick mover and will trek towards the Four Corners later tonight and onwards into NM by tomorrow. That aforementioned ridge of high pressure will take a better hold of the region tomorrow keeping most of the region on the quiet side. There could be some afternoon instability showers over the mountains, but I think the main part of the city will be on the dry side to finish off the weekend. Monday will be more of the same, however a cold front will start to approach from the northwest late Monday night. No worries though, it appears that frontal system will pass by without much precip at all falling over northern Utah. All-in-all, a quiet and enjoyable forecast!
Sunday: Increased afternoon clouds, but dry. High 53, Low 29.
Monday: Temperatures continue to rebound! Mostly sunny. High 63, Low 32.
TWC: Sunday: Mostly sunny. High 53, Low 31.
Monday: Mostly sunny. High 61, Low 33.
AW: Sunday: Sunshine and some scattered afternoon clouds. High 54, Low 29.
Monday: Mostly sunny. High 60, Low 31.
NWS: Sunday: Scattered morning rain/snow shower. High 50, Low 28.
Monday: Continued clearing. High 59, Low 31.
WB: Sunday: Isolated morning rain/snow shower, then partly cloudy. High 54, Low 33.
Monday: Sunny. High 63, Low 35.
Not too much going on over the mountains this morning, a few thicker clouds found off to the northeast, but otherwise quiet for the time being, with some scattered showers later this afternoon.
